Fatma Said

Born in Cairo, soprano Fatma Said has charted a remarkable journey from Egypt to the world’s leading concert halls and opera houses. As the first Egyptian soprano to study at the Accademia of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, she quickly drew international attention with her radiant voice and captivating artistry. Today, she is celebrated as one of the most distinctive sopranos of her generation, equally at home on the operatic stage, in concert repertoire and as a passionate Lied interpreter.

An exclusive Warner Classics artist, she has released three acclaimed studio albums. Her début El Nour  (2020) was awarded the Gramophone Classical Music Award, BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award, and Germany’s Opus Klassik. Kaleidoscope (2022) showcased her versatility across genres, while Lieder (2025) was celebrated as one of the most exceptional Lied recordings of recent years, praised, among others, by SWR Kultur for her unique ability “to truly revive the genre for our present day with heart, soul, musicality and sensibility.” Further releases in 2025 include Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas alongside Joyce DiDonato, and Mozart & Mevlana, pairing Mozart’s Requiem with a newly composed work by Fazıl Say.

The 2025/26 season sees Fatma Said in high demand across Europe. She appears in recitals with pianist Malcolm Martineau at Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Joseph Middleton at Prinzregententheater in Munich. A special highlight is a concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, dedicated to the music of the Egyptian composer Mohamed Abdelwahab in a symphonic setting. She also collaborates with Giovanni Antonini and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, makes her debut with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, and returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for a performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.

Highlights of recent seasons include debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, and Staatskapelle Dresden for the ZDF New Year’s Concert, as well as performances at major international venues such as Teatro alla Scala, Staatsoper Berlin, Staatsoper and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Carnegie Hall, Teatro San Carlo Naples, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Philharmonie Cologne, Mozarteum and Festspielhaus Salzburg, Royal Albert Hall, Shangyin Opera House and the Royal Opera House Muscat. She has appeared at festivals including Mozart-Woche Salzburg, BBC Proms, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Schubertiade, Lockenhaus, Wexford Opera, and the Schumannfest in Bonn.

Fatma Said has held residencies at the Konzerthaus Berlin and at the Wiener Konzerthaus, curating programs that reflected both the breadth of her artistry and her curiosity for musical dialogue across cultures.

Beyond the stage, Fatma Said is deeply committed to social causes. She has represented Egypt at the United Nations in Geneva on several occasions, and appeared at the worldwide Global Citizen Live concert alongside Sir Elton John and Ed Sheeran. In recent years she has been honored with the European Cultural Prize and the Rafik Hariri Award for Artistic Excellence.